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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.401(k)

BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION 401(K) PLAN · BASKING RIDGE, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. reported $152,712 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.08% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 197th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 190th of 5,215 in retail trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$240,327,633
Participants with balances1,801
Active participants2,639
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$6,059,526
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$133,441
Benefits paid to participants$31,202,389
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$240.3M · 1,801 accts
2023$223.2M · 1,976 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$195.6M · 2,114 accts · $3.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$118,536
Investment management$34,176
Total administrative$152,712
The Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$3,635
2023$1,025 per active participant
2022$1,242 per active participant

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$118,536
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$34,176

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$152,712 · 0.07%
2023$166,959 · 0.08%
2022$176,604 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460599018 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.